Zilver



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L, ATTORNEYS CARRIER MEANS FOR A MATCH MACHINE Edwin Zilver, The Hague,Netherlands, assignor to N. V.

Inland, Piekstraat, Rotterdam, Netherlands, a corporation of theNetherlands Application April 4, 1955, Serial No. 499,103

Claims priority, application Netherlands April 7, 1954 4 Claims. (Cl.144-65) This invention relates to an element for a carrier means for amatch machine and to a carrier means for a match machine respectivelyand its object is to provide a carrier means of this kind in which notonly the matches are firmly held but by means of which it is alsopossible to transport matches of diiierent thickness or matches of adiflerent kind, such as wooden matches, paper matches and wax matches.

This object is achieved by the carrier means according to this inventionin that it comprises one or more resilient means for holding the matchesor in that it consists wholly or partly of resilient material. Theseresilient means may be integral with rigid supporting means, for examplein that flexible rubber or the like is used for the resilient means andhard rubber, e. g. ebonite, for the rigid supporting means.

According to the present invention the or each resilient means may besecured to a rigid supporting means in which receiving spaces areprovided allowing the passage of the matches. These resilient means maybe vulcanized to the said rigid supporting means or fixed thereto insome other way.

Instead of one supporting means only which may be embedded, if required,in the rubber, the or each resilient means may also be disposed betweentwo rigid supporting means both having receiving spaces permitting thepassage of the matches.

These receiving spaces may have inwardly tapering edges. In this waysmall deviations in the position of the matches are met when these areinserted into the a said spaces.

According to this invention the receiving spaces may have a round,square or other cross section. These receiving spaces may also beslot-like or may be formed by intermediate spaces between parts of therigid supporting means.

When the matches are inserted into the holes of the carrier meanselements, it is necessary that these elements are always in apredetermined position in front of the reservoir containing the matchsplints. It is, therefore, necessary that these elements cannot assumean oblique position in their guides which would, moreover, create therisk of these elements getting stuck in the guides. The presentinvention avoids this risk in that the rigid supporting means isprovided at each of its ends with a rotatable guide roller, a roundedportion or the like.

According to this invention the or each resilient means may comprise oneor a number of strips of rubber or like material which is or areprovided with spaces for receiving the matches, these spaces facing thereceiving spaces, intermediate spaces or holes of the or each supportingmeans.

These receiving spaces may, according to the invention, be formed byholes or slots provided in the or each resilient means, and theseresilient means may also be ice so spaced that receiving spaces areformed between them for holding the matches. Obviously, these resilientmeans should be united with the or each rigid supporting means in such away that a strong unit is produced.

According to this invention each resilient means may consist of a pieceof rubber or like resilient material provided with a hole. These piecesmay be made, for instance, by cutting rings from a tube, these ringsbeing secured to a supporting means or between two plates or strips of asupporting means.

Instead of using resilient means made from resilient material, theresilient means according to the invention may also each consist of twosprings having openings facing each other and forming aligned receivingspaces for the matches. Also helically wound springs may be used, thematches being held between the coils.

For the purpose of conveying these elements recesses may be provided ineach carrier means near the ends of the longitudinal sides, theserecesses co-operating with the mechanism driving the carrier means.

The invention will be described below with reference to the accompanyingdrawings showing by way of example some embodiments of the elementaccording to the present invention.

Fig. 1 shows a top plan view of an element of which the right hand endis provided with a guide roller and the left hand end is rounded 01f.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through part of an element having twosupporting means.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through part of an element having onesupporting means only.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through part of another emobdiment ofan element.

As may be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 the element comprises a top plate 1and a bottom plate 2 between which a resilient means 3 of rubber,artificial rubber or some other resilient material has been provided.The top and bottom plates are provided with several rows of equallyspaced holes 4, 5. The outer ends of these holes have conical shapes.Holes 6 have also been provided in the resilient means 3. The crosssection of the holes 6 is smaller than that of the holes 4 and 5 so thata match splint passing with some clearance through the holes 4 and 5 isheld in the holes 6. The ends of the top plate and the bottom plate aresecured to one another by means of rivets 7, an intermediate element ofmetal being provided in thatplace between these two plates. In the righthand intermediate element a recess 9 is provided in which a roller 10rotatable on a shaft 11 is arranged. The left hand intermediate elementand the left hand ends of the plates 1 and 2 have a convex shape. Theroller 1!} and the convex end portion of the element serve to preventthe element from getting stuck in the guides of the carrier means sothat this element will always have the correct position at the pointwhere the match splints are inserted into the holes of this element orare removed therefrom.

Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section through part of an element havingonly a top plate 12. This top plate is bent at its ends in order to forma space for accommodating a guide roller 13 and an intermediate element14. A means 15 consisting of rubber or some other resilient material hasbeen vulcanized to this top plate 12. Holes 16 are provided in theresilient means 15 and holes 17 in the top plate 12, these holes beingshaped in the same way as the holes 4 and 6 in the embodiment accordingto the Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 shows part of an embodiment of an element in which between a topplate 18 and a bottom plate 19 portions 20 of rubber or some otherresilient material are provided, each of these portions having a hole21.

Patented Apr. 22, 1958.

These holes 21 are in alinement with the holes 22 and 23 of the top andbottom plate.

It is obvious that this invention is not restricted to the embodimentsdescribed above and shown in the drawings or to the materials used asdescribed above, but that these may be modified in many ways withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A carrier bar for carrying and conveying splints in match makingmachines, comprising at least one rigid supporting plate having rows ofperforations that freely receive match splints and a strip of resilientmaterial fixedly superimposed on one face of the plate and having holesin registry with the perforations for clampingly receiving the matchsplints, said holes being of a cross-sectional area that is less thanthe cross-sectional area of the perforations.

2. A carrier plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the strip of resilientmaterial is vulcanized to the rigid supporting plate.

3. A carrier bar for carrying and conveying splints in match makingmachines, comprising a pair of spaced apart, confronting rigidsupporting plates, said plates 4 having aligned perforations formedtherein to allow the free passage of match splints therethrough, a stripof resilient material fixed between the plates and provided with holesin registry with the perforations, said holes being of a cross-sectionalarea less than the cross-sectional area of the perforations and the areabeing such that matches of different sizes are held therein.

4. A carrier bar as claimed in claim 3, wherein said strip is composedof abutting separate sections of resilient material.

References Cited in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 271,563 Young Jan. 30, 1883 281,777 Millen July24, 1883 673,916 Lockwood May 14, 1901 7l8,393 Sheldon Jan. 13, 19031,002,827 Dininny Sept. 12, 1911 1,089,795 Schafer Mar. 10, 19141,846,994 Dietman Feb. 23, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS 337,019 Italy Feb. 25.1936

